Death In The Making
(Country: Netherlands, Poland; Year: 2026; Director: Piotr Pawlus; Writer: Piotr Pawlus, Ruoyao Jane Yao)
Filmmaker and cinematographer Piotr Pawlus volunteers to help the war effort in Ukraine, delivering aid from Poland and transporting civilian refugees.
Dentro
(Country: France, Switzerland; Year: 2026; Director: Elsa Amiel; Stars: Armando Punzo)
The prison in Volterra, Tuscany, is home to a unique artistic practice: It is within these walls that Armando Punzo, shut away for three decades with men serving long sentences, has created his plays.
Djeliya, mémoire du Mandé
(Country: Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, France; Year: 2026; Director: Boubacar Sangaré)
Sékou is unsure whether he is right to follow in the footsteps of his parents, former djelis – the Mandinka term used to designate a griot. Djeliya, mémoire du Mandé follows him on a journey across West Africa to complete his apprenticeship.
A Fire There
(Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Marlene Edoyan)
In an isolated village in the high plains of southern Georgia, three lifelong friends from the Armenian community discuss their future.
From Dawn To Dawn
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2026; Director: Xisi Sofia Ye Chen; Writer: Xisi Sofia Ye Chen)
Observes a man torn between criminal heritage, familial duty and a search for moral clarity.
Heat
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2026; Director: Jacqueline Zünd; Stars: Sophy Njeri Jagnath, Emma Ramadan, Carina Bouali, Francis N.)
After envisioning a near future in which climate change disrupts lives and relationships in Don’t Let the Sun, Zünd seeks out that same dystopia in the real world.
Humboldt USA
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: G Anthony Svatek)
At the beginning of the 19th century, Alexander von Humboldt proposed a radical idea that is once again gaining popularity in the context of the climate emergency: to consider nature as a “network of interconnected lives”. This film follows in his footsteps.
Magilligan
(Country: UK, US, Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Ross McClean; Writer: Ross McClean, Bronte Stahl)
Between the all-too-familiar prison walls and his mother's house, Ryan grapples with himself, eventually finding an escape with the sheep in the verdant fields of Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile In Namibia
(Country: Germany, Namibia; Year: 2026; Director: Jonas Spriestersbach)
Consideration of German neo-colonialism in Namibia.
The Night And The Days Of Miguel Burnier
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: João Dumans; Stars: Claudete Carlos, José da Conceição, Rita Carolina, Carlos Evangelista, Zhayra Jussara, Geraldo Vieira)
In Miguel Burnier, a small, deserted town in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a few remaining inhabitants have been trying since 2005 to survive the purchase of their land by a mining giant. Tormented by unemployment, isolation and alcoholism, theytry their best to keep their community together and to breathe new life into this village where the world seems to have collapsed.
The Price Of The Sun
(Du soleil et du plomb)
(Country: Belgium, France, Morocco; Year: 2026; Director: Jérôme Le Maire)
When a vast solar park is built in the desert, gradually transforming the landscape, a nomadic Berber tribe is forced to abandon its centuries-old way of life.
Saudades Eternas
(Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2026; Director: Emma Boccanfuso; Writer: Emma Boccanfuso, Quentin Faucheux-Thurion)
In a brick house at the heart of a Rio favela, Sueli yells, scolds, consoles. Matriarch of a noisy clan, she watches over her children and grandchildren, unfazed by the gunfire bursts that set the pace of daily life. Around her, sudden deaths multiply, the children grow up, and the house keeps changing, shaped by never-ending repairs. Still, Sueli holds her ground.
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
(Country: Germany, Netherlands; Director: Viv Li; Writer: Viv Li)
A Chinese wannabe artist drifts between Berlin’s overwhelming alternative scene and her traditional family in Beijing. With wit and insight, the film follows her search for identity and belonging in a globalised but polarised world.
